Mrs. Josee Desjardins
Piano Teacher
SAA Member
Teaching Availability
Accepting new Piano students in:
Ste-Julie Vercheres QC J3E 1H1
450-922-8196
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SAA Registered Training
Core Units
- Every Child Can!
- Piano Foundation 1A
- Piano Foundation 1B
- Piano Book 2
- Piano Book 3
- Piano Book 4
- Piano Book 5
- Piano Book 6
Supplementary
- Piano Basics
Josée Desjardins was raised in Kapuskasing, Ontario. She started piano lessons with Mrs Rita Séguin at the age of 10.
In 1986, Josée obtained an Honours Bachelor of Music with Distinction from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where she studied with Marjorie and Garth Beckett.
While finishing her Bachelor’s degree, Josée was initiated to the Suzuki Philosophy of music teaching, and became engaged in a long-term Suzuki Teacher Training Apprenticeship with Gail Lange of Guelph, Ontario. She has been teaching piano with the Suzuki Method ever since. After moving to the Montreal area in 1991, Josée became actively involved in the local Suzuki music community. She now directs Institut Suzuki Montreal (ISM), which offers Suzuki piano, string and flute students an exciting music-filled workshop every July.
Josée currently resides in Ste-Julie, Québec In 2011 she obtained a Diploma in Advanced Music Performance Studies from Concordia University in Montreal, where she studied piano with Gregory Chaverdian.
